Woodworking-machine.



No. 819,033. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906v B. A. LANGE. WOODWORKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1905.

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BERTHOLI.) A. LANGE, OFS". LOUIS. MISSOURI.

WOODWORKlNG-MAOHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Continuation of application Serial 110. 116,616, filed JuIy ZS, 1902. This application filed nuary 28, 1905. Serial No. 243.157.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERTHOLD A. LANGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Woodw )rking-Machines, of which the following is a specilimtion.

This invention has relation to wood-sawing machines, being a continuation of an application filed July 23, 1902, Serial .\o.

116,616, and relates in particular to ma-v chines for forming irortises and tenons on the ends of boards which are to be used as sections of boxes.

in the ntachine which forms the subjectmatter of this invention a shook or load-that is, a plurality of boards of equal length-is operated upon at both ends simultaneously; and one of the" objects of the present invention is to provide novel means for adjusting the saws which simultaneously operate upon the two ends of the shook so as to increase or diminish the distance therebetween to accommodate shooks of varying length and to provide means for adjusting the saws independently of the first mentioned adjustment to throw one or more sets of saws into or out of operative position to make mortises and tenons of ditl'erent designs.

A further object of this invention is to provide the work -holder of the machine with novel means for shifting the shook, so as to permit the saws to act thereon at different angles, whereby mortises andtenons of different forms may be made in the edges of the box-sections.

A still further object is to provide novel means for preventing the shook from becoming disarranged when the saws begin to operate thcreon.

A still further object is to provide novel means for preventing the shook from becoming disarranged while it is being shifted.

llaving the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel constructions. combinations, and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 a top plan view showing the relation of the oblique and vcrt ical saw-sha fts and work-holder, with the shields which partly surround the saws in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. '1

withdrawal from the saws.

is a vertical sectional view on the line 4 4 of.

Fig. 2. the machine, showing the shook or load of boards to be cut and the cradle carrying the same. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the work-holding cradle removed. Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of the work-holder. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view of thatportion of the machine shown in Fig. 4 on the line 8 8 of said Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of mechanism for the transmissionof power to the saw-shafts. Fig. 10 is a view showing the relative positions of the oblique and vertical saw-shafts. Fig. 11 is a sectional view of one of the saw-shafts, showing the saw-disks, spacing-rings, and adjustingnuts. Fig. 12 is a detail-plan view, on an enlarged scale, of mechanism for holding the shook while it is being operated onby the saws. Fig. 13 is a plan view of one of .the plates of the mechanism shown in Fig; 12. Fig. 14 is a similar view of a rack-plate employed-in connection withthe mechanism shown in Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a detail horizontal sectional view of one end of the mechanism shownin Fig. 12. Fig. 16 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 17 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the device for guiding and supporting the wood upon its Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a box made on the machine illustrated in the above-mentioned figures. Fig. 19 is a side view of one end of one of the side pieces of the same. Fig. 20 is an end view of the side piece shown in Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a perspective view of one end of the side piece shown in Fig. 19. Fig. 22 is an end view of one of the pieces of the box shown in Fig. 18. Fig. 23 is a side view of the end piece shown in Fig. 22.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 designates a frame of suitable form, which is supported by legs 2 2. The upper longitudinal edges of the frame are provided with tracks or guides 3 3, upon which are mounted supports 4 4, which are designed to be adjusted toward and from each other. The supports 4 4 are provided with brackets 5 and each bracket is formed with a screw-tbreaded opening, which open- 'ngs receive a shaft 6. the two ends of which i are oppositely threaded, as shown in Fig. 3,

the said-shaft 6 being journaled on the frame in brackets 6 6 and provided-with a handwheel 6 bv means of which the shaft is Fig. 5 is a top view of a portion of turned to cause the supports} 4 to be moved toward or away from each other. The supports 4 4 are formed with elongated openings 7 7, which openings are adapted to receive adjustable bearing-blocks S 8, said blocks being adusted by means of screws 9 9, that are suitably journaled in the supports 4 4 and are provided with handwvheels 9 9 on their outer emls, An oblique shaft is journaled in each of the bearing-blocks 8, and uponeach ofthe oblique shafts 10 is mounted a plurality of saw-disks 1 1 ,the said disks being partially surrounded by shields 12 12, carried by the supports 4 4. 3 The supports 4 4 are provided with additional elongated openings 7 7 ,-which receive adjustable bearing-blocks 8 S,in which are journaled vertical saw-shafts 10 10, and the said bearing-blocks 8 Sare adjusted by means .of screws 9, which are. suitably journaled in thesupports 4 4, and-have on their outerends hand-wheelsQ, by means of which .they may be turned. 10 10 are .mounted a plurality of saws 11, these sawsbeing also partially surrounded by shields 12, above mentioned. From the foregoing it will be observed that means is provided for adjusting the two sets of sawoarrying shafts toward orfrom each other to accommodate shooksof varying size by means of a shaft 6. It is also apparent that each shaft may be independently adjusted by meansof its adjusting-screw 9 or 9 to throw the saws carried by said shaft into or out of operative position.

As before mentioned, the front shafts 1O 10 are in .a vertical position, while the rear shafts 1.0 lOare in an oblique position, whereby the sawscarried. by the respective shafts operate upon the shook at different angles to provide mortises and tenons of the form here inafter described. When the oblique air of saw-shafts 1O 10 are so adjusted as to e out of position for operation, the machinemay be used simply'to formthe ordinary lockcorner boxes. In the same position the saws on the vertical saw-shafts 10 10 may be used to make straight cuts in the beveled openings of box-sections for the purpose of receiving wedges, and when these straight cuts are being made the shook is held in such 'manner that each section of board will be in a vertical position. ()ne of the vertical shaftslt) is shown in the detail-sectional View, Fig. '11, and upon reference to this figure it will be seen that thesaws 11 1 1 thereon are spaced apart by rings or washers 11'. and that the saws and washers are maintained in posit-ion'on the shaft by means of nuts 11 on the ends of the shaft. The saws on the oblique shafts 1t) 10 are spaced apart and secured on the shaft in a similar manner; but the saws on these shafts are of gradually-increasing sizefrom top to bottom ,65 of the shaft, as shown in Fig. 10', the inner Upon the shafts cutting edge of the sawson the oblique shaft this arrangement being all. in vertical aliuement, as shown.

Referring now to Fig. 9 of the drawin s, wherein I have shown the mechanism for im 'iarting motion to the shafts 10 1O 10 10, 51 designates a shaft, which is journaled in the frame 1, andreceives motion from a suitablesource of power,' such motion being communicated to a pulley 50, which is fast on said shaft, by a belt. (Not shown.) The shaft 51 carries two small pulleys 51 51, from which motion is communicated to the shafts 1O 10 by belts 52 52, and the shaft 51 carries two other small pulleys 51 51, from which motion is communicated to the shafts 10 10 by belts 53 53.

In the course of, time the saw-disks carried by the several shafts 1O 10 1O 10' will wear down, and assuming that the wear'upon the saw-disks is chiefly upon the upper sides thereof this wearcan be .com ensated for by forcing the saw-disks slightly liigher upon the saw-shafts by simply adjusting the nuts 1 1 11 on the threaded portions of the sawshafts, the saw-disks, it being understood, being loosely mounted. on the shafts, so that they may be adjusted upwardly or down wardly by a corresponding movement of the nuts 11 11.

The devices for holding and manipulating the shook while it is being operated upon by the saws are mounted upon the sliding car riage 13, which carriage moves upon tracks or guides 14, secured to the frame. The carriage 13 is providedon its under side with a rack 15, with which engages a gear 16, carried by a shaft 17, that is journaled in the, frame and is rotated by any suitable powertransmitting mechanism connected with the main driving-shaft of the machine.

A work-holder is mounted upon the carriage 13, and this work-holder comprises a stationary member 18 and a movable member 19. The movablemember is mounted upon guides on the carriage and is adapted .to be moved toward and from the stationary member by the means of a screw 20, which is j ournaled in the carriage and passes through a screw-threaded hole in a depending portion 19 of the sliding member 19. A pinion 21- is fixed upon the screw 20, and this pinion meshes with a gear-wheel 22, that is carried on the inner end of a shaft 22, journaled in the end frame of the carriage 13, said shaft. 22 having at its outer cnda hand-wheel 23 by means of which it can be rotated and motion thereby imparted to the shaft 20 to move the movable member 19 toward or from the stationary member 18.

The members 18and 19 are of substantially the same form, and the member 18 has an oblique innerface 18, while the member 19 has an oblique inner face 19. The member 18 is provided with two inwardly projecting parallel arms 21 24 at one side of its upper edge and with two similar arms 24 24 at the other side, while the member 19 is provided with two similar pairs of arms 25 25 25 25. The arms of the member 18 are connected to the alined arms of the member 19 by rabbetjoints, as shown, the overlapping ends of the arms being provided with a plurality of perforations adapted to receive pins 26, by means of" which the arms of the respective members are secured together to prevent any accidental movement being imparted to said members. The members 13 19 are provided with duplicates of the above-mentioned parallel arms at their lower edges, and be tween the parallel arms at the lower edges of the members are pivoted levers 27 27, two

such levers being pivoted between the paral' lel arms of each of the mem\bers 18 19, these levers extending between the parallel arms at the upper edges of the members and being adapted to be moved back and forth in the spaces between the upper parallel arms to vary the position of the shook or load 28, which is held between the levers 27 and the levers 27, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The upper arms of both members are provided with apertures, and the levers 27 27 are also providcd with apertures adapted to be brought into registration with the first-named apertures, and pins or bolts 29" are provided which pass through the apertures in the levers and the apertures in the parallel bars and hold the levers in their proper position and against accidental displacement. When it is desired to make a cut in one direction in the sections of wood of which the shook 28 is composed to form one side of the tenons, the levers 27 27 are rocked, carrying the load or shook with them into the. position shown in full lines in Fig. 4, and when it is desired to make a cut in the shook atan opposite slant said levers, carrying the load or shook with them, are rocked into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and in both positions the levers are held against accidental displacement by means of the pins or bolts 29, which are of course removed when it is desired to rock the levers as above described.

While the load or shook 28 is being cut by the saws it is held by means of a clamp C. which is carried by the members 18 19, and is arranged on either side thereof. This clamp is shown in detail and on an enlarged scale in Figs. 12 to 16 of the drawings, to which I will now particularly refer. The clamp is composed of a stationary bar 29, that is sustained in fixed position in sockets 28 28', and a movable toothed bar 31 that is also sustained in the sockets 28 28", the latter, it being understood, being carried one by the stationary member 18 and the other by the movable member 19. The toothed bar 31 is formed with beveled notches 34 34 in its rear edge, and the bar 29 carries beveled blocks 35 3."), which fit into the notches 34 34, so that it the notched bar 31 is moved in the direction of its length it will at the same time be moved laterally by the beveled blocks 35 and the notches 34, the beveled sides of the notches sliding on the beveled sides of the blocks, and thereby imparting alateral movementto the toothed bar 31. The toothed bar 31 has at one end a slot 31'), in which the upper edge of the head 30 of a screw-threaded bolt 31 rests, the said bolt passingthrough a screw-threaded hole in the socket 23' and being provided with a hand-wheel 32, by means of which it is turned. The bar 29 is fixed in both sockets 28 21", and the bar 3] slides in both of said sockets.

From the above description it will be apparent that when the shook is in position and while the saws are operating upon the same it can be firmly clamped by turning the bolt 31 so as to draw the toothed bar 31 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 12, this movement causing the toothed plate to be moved later ally at the same time, so that the teeth on the edge of the same will engage with the edges of the several sections of wood of which the shook is composed, and it will also be understood that a movement in the reverse direction will disengage the teeth of the bar 31 from the shook, the plate 20 being provided with pins 29, which project through oblique slots 31 in bar 31. I

In order to guide and support the wood upon its withdrawal from the saws, I have provided blades 4-0, one of which is arranged at the outer edge of each of the shields 12. These blades are pivoted to the shield at 43 and are provided with depending weights 41 41, as shown in Fig. 17 of the drawings, each of these blades as the shook leaves the saws entering one of the cuts at each end of the shook and serving to guide and support the wood upon its withdrawal from the saws at any time when the boss 31 may be disengaged from the shook. The blades 40, it is to be understood, entering one of the slots in the side of the shook, serve to maintain the boards at the proper inclination after they have been rocked and until they are clamped by the toothed bars 31, it being necessary in order to rock the shook to first release the bars 31 from engagement therewith, and the blades 40 40 therefore serving to hold the boards of which the shook is composed during such time as they are not held by the bars 31.

The machine being constructed as above described is operated in the following manner: The several sections of wood which constitute the load or shook are placed in position between the members 18 19 at the same inclination as the inclined side of the member 18, the shock in this position being held between the levers 27 27 and the levers being held against accidental displacement by IIO " the machine, while a cut at an opposite'slant shaft 17 and the pins 29"" 29 being relines in Fig. 4. The clamp-plate 31 is of w to engage the end 0 the shook by turning the cuts just described, the carriage is then their'slantor inclinations in a different direcmeans of the pins 29 29". The toothed Y blade 31 of the clam 'ing device. is then caused hand -Wheel 32 and thereby forcing the toothed plate 31 into contact with the shook. The carriage 13 is now propelled forwardly by imparting movement to the shaft 17, and as the shook passes between the saws carried by the oblique shafts 10 19, the sections of wood in the shook will be given the upper beveled cut 46 on the side piece 45 of Fig. 19 by the oblique saws on the left-hand side of will be given to the other end of the shook by the obliquely-arranged saws at the righthand side of the machine. Both of these. cuts have a slant inwardly and downwardly toward the center of the piece and aslant upwardly and forwardly, as indicated at 46, Fig.-19. When the shook has received the caused to return to its original position by reversing the direction of movement of the moved the levers 27 27 are rocked,-so as to incline them in the direction shown in dotted course released from engagement with the shook while it is being rocked and caused 'to again engage the same after the shook has assumed its new position. .After the shook hasbeen rocked in the manner described to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4 the carriage is again moved forwardly, as before, and the shook again passed between the obliquely-arranged saws. These saws, by reason of the opposite inclination given to the load' or shook, will make cuts like those numbered 47 in Fig. 19, which cuts are in some respects the opposite of the cuts 46 :or, in other words, slanting inwardly and up-v wardly, but have a bevel extending forwardly and upwardly on the under side of each tenon just like the bevel 46 u on the upper side of each tenon, but, as be ore stated, slanting upwardly and-forwardly and giving a forward taper to each tenon. This lower bevel is seen at 47 in Fig. 19. i

In so much of the above operation as has been described the vertically-arranged sawshafts are not used, the same being thrown out of operative position in the manner hereir lbef ore pointed out by means of the screws 9 9 It will be noted that the opposite inclination of the bevel on the tenon of the side piece is formed, as above described, by rocking the load or shook from the position illustrated by the full lines in Fig. 4 to that indicated by the dotted lines in the same figure. The tenons on the end piece, however, have tion and cannot be formed bymerely rocking the boards out of which the end pieces are formed in the manner above described for side pieces, it is necessary to make use ofboth pairs of saws provided in tlns machine' Thus the front shafts being vertical and hav- "7 ing horizontal saw-disks will make a straight out on the ends of the endpieces when end pieces are bemg cut 1n the machine, while the oblique saw-disks remaining in the same position which they occupy while making i the cuts hereinbefore described in the side pieces will of course make a cut slanting downwardly in the end pieces when the end pieces are being cut in the machine.

travel past the saws, with the levers of the WOIk-llOldBI holding the load in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The appearance of the tenons of the end pieces after the same have been cut by passing them through both pairs of saws (it being under stood that in cutting the tenons of the end pieces both the oblique and horizontal saws are in action) is indicated in Figs. 18, 22, and 23.

From the foregoing it will be apparent why I mount the several saw-shafts so as to be independently adjustablethat is, so as to permit them to be brought separately into or out of operative positionthe object being to enable the operator to set them in position to permit the saws to act conjointly or singly upon the load or shook.

' It will be. understood that, if desired, for

any particular work apart, from making the i It is old in the art to arrange the guides 14 so that theycan be raised or lowered slightly at will.

In cutting end pieces the load or shook out of which the end pieces are to be formed is caused to Having fully described my invention, what I claim as'new, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

i 1. In a machine for woodworking, the combination of a frame, saws adjust-ably mounted thereon, a work-holder mounted upon said frame, a clamp carried by said work-holder comprising sockets mounted on the work-holder, a bar rigidly secured in said sockets and provided with beveled lugs, and a clamping-bar having teeth on one edge and notches on the. opposite edge, said notches 7 receiving said beveled lugs, and means for moving said clamping-bar longitudinally so as to cause the beveled lugs'and the notches to move the clamp bar'laterally, simultaneously with its longitudinal movement.

2. In a woodworking-machine, obliquelyarranged saws, a shield for said saws, a Weighted bell-cranklever pivotally mounted on said shield, a guide-blade carried by said lever, a work-holder mounted in said machine, means for rocking and reciprocating said work-holder, a clamping-bar mounted on said work-holder, means for moving said clamping-bar longitudinally, and means for moving said clamping-bar laterally, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of the rocking work-holder. a pair of saws in fixed relation to said workholder, adjusting means for said saws and means to prevent vertical displacement of the work, comprising two bars having cooperating lugs and notches thereon, one of said bars being fixed in position, and the other having a toothed edge and being movable on the fixed bar, and means for releasing the toothed bar from engagement with the work,

substantially as described.

4. In a woodworking-machine, the combination of a frame, a work-holder, pivoted adjustable arms arranged on said work-holder, sockets carried-by the work-holder, a stationary bar fixed in said sockets, lugs carried by said stationary bar, a toothed bar mounted on said stationary bar, said toothed bar having notches in its rear edge engaging said lugs and means for moving said toothed bar lengthwise on the said stationary bar, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a work-holder, having sockets, a pair of bars fitting into said sockets, lugs on one of said bars, cooperating notches on the other, one of said bars being provided with teeth on one edge, and a thumb-screw connected to said last-named bar and adapted to adjust the same, substantially as described.

6. In a machine of the character described, a work-holder provided with horizontal arms having slots therein, pivoted arms secured in said slots, said work-holder having sockets formed therein, two bars secured in said sockets, beveled notches in one bar, lugs on the other bar adapted to slide in said beveled notches, one of the said bars having teeth on one edge, and means for moving said toothed bar into vand out of engagement with the work in said work-holder, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for woodworking, the combination with a frame therein, of independentlyadjustable oblique and vertical saws, means'for adjusting said saws, shields for the saws, a pivoted guide-blade secured to said shields, a work-holder rockingly and reciprocatingly mounted on the frame, means for rocking the same, means for reciprocating the work-holder, means for preventing the vertical displacement of the work held therein, comprising a bar having an adjustable toothed bar mounted thereon and means for scribed.

8. In a woodworking-machine, the combination with the frame, of saws arranged thereon, a work-holder adapted to be moved between the saws to present its load or shook to the saws, a clam comprising a bar provided with lugs, a ciitmping-bar slidably arranged upon t e first-named bar and ada ted to be brought into engagement with the oad or shook by means of the lugs, and means for sliding the clamping-bar.

9. n a machine of the type set forth, a work-holder consisting of two members arranged in spaced relation, a pair of spaced inwardly-projecting arms carried by each of said members at each end of the top and bottom thereof, means for adjustably securing adjacent pairs of arms to each other, and levers having their lower ends pivotally held between the lower pairs of arms and their upper ends adj ustably retained between the upper pairs of arms.

10. In a machine of the type set forth, a work-holder embodying two members, spaced arms carried by each of said members and projecting inwardly to have adjacent arms engage and be secured to one another, and levers pivoted to the lower of the arms and adjustably secured to the upper of the arms.

11. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with the work-holder and means for mortising the work, means for guiding and supporting the work upon its withdrawal from said cutting means which embodies a pivoted weighted element having its free end movable in a vertical rotary plane to engage in said mortises.

12. A work-holder consisting of a pair of members adjustable toward and away from one another, means carried by each of the members at the upper and lower portions thereof for overlapping engagement with one another to enable said members to be rigidly secured in adjusted position, and rocking means between the members supported from the lower of said means and adjustably secured to the upper of said means to retain the work.

13. A work-holder consisting of a pair of spaced adjustable members having overlapping and connected parts extending in said space to support the work thereon, and means borne by each of said members and spanning the space therebetween to engage the work, said means extending in and maintaining its relation to said space in any adjusted position of said members.

14. A work-holder consisting of a pair of spaced members having means to support the work thereon, the ends of said work extending beyond said members, and means secured to each of said members and spanning the space therebetween to bite horizontally and l clamp and rock the work, and means carried simultaneously into each of the projecting ends of the individual pieces of the work.

15. A work-holder consisting of a pair ol spaced adjustable members having means to support the work extending in said space, and a device supported adjacent its ends from each of said members and spanning the space therebetween, said device embodying a toothed element, and means to impel said element inwardly to engage the work.

16. A Work-holder consisting of spaced and adjustable members to support the work in vertical positi0n, pivoted elements carried by said members and disposed in said space to receive the work and rock the same to different positions, the work having its ends extending beyond said members, and means carried by said members and spanning the space between said members to engage thework in any position to which the same may be rocked.

17. A work-holder consisting of a pair of spaced cooperating adjustable members, adjustable rocking elements carried by said members in said space, to receive the work therebetween, means to secure said elements in adjusted position, and means carried by the members to horizontally engage the work between said elements at any position to which the same may be rocked.

18. A work-holder consisting of a pair of spaced members adjustable toward and away from one another to support the work in vertical position therebetween, rockablc means carried by said members in said space to by said members and spanning the space between the nn-nnbers, to horizmitallyengage the work.

12). In combination with a \vorkdiolderembodying spaced members to clamp the work .and carrying means to rock the same to different positions, a toothed device secured by its ends to each of said members and span ning the space between said members, and means toimpart asynchrtmous lateral and longitudinal movement to said toothed device to cause the teeth thereof to bite into the individual pieces of the work.

20. A work-holder consisting of ,a pair of spaced members each having inwardly-ex.- tendmg overlapping parts to adjustably engageone another, and rocking elements to receive the work therebetween pivoted. by their lower and adjustably secured vby their upper ends to said parts.

21. A work-holder consisting of a pair 0t spaced members having connecting. parts, rocking elements pivotally secured at one end and adjustably secured at their opposite end to saidparts, and means to engage the work between said elements in any position of the latter secured to each of said members and spanning the space therebetween.

In testimony whereof I have ,aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERIHOLD A. LANGE.

Witnesses HUGH K. WAG ER, GLADYS VVALTONZ. 

